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Hello,

a friend of mine recently had the questionable pleasure to deal with coordinating the inheritance of a family member. There was a lot to go through, including two watches of a brand which neither my friend, I, nor the internet knows a lot about. Both seem to be very similar, however, in one case the movement was removed from the case.

We have close to no experience with mechanical watches, so I hope one of you might can provide some clues on how old they are and if they are interesting pieces?
 

Your help is very much appreciated,

Cheers Norbert

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Hello Norbert a pic of the movement itself would help with a clearer identification probably Landeron movements.

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That helps a lot thank you very much. Forgive the stupid question but is that something interesting or a very run-of-the-mill giveaway piece, despite its sentimental value of course. I'm just asking since the local watchmaker said something like is not worth the effort servicing it, Therefore it is still in question if it should be repaired or keep it in it's non functional state.

Cheers and many thanks,

Bertl

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That is probably true and having a watch that works is definitely more interesting than just owning an overweight bracelet ;-)  Can you give me rough estimate what the restauration of one of these should cost if it just needs fresh oil and a cleanup? The watchmaker said something around 400€ per piece, is that a reasonable price?

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I think euro 400 for servicing a chronograph is a very high price and one could find find better by shipping to some European countries, Portugal ans Slovenia are two that come to mind.

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